You're the man. Be the man. Here's what the man says: "I ain't goin' to the convention." Boom. Here's what else he says: "No, I don't know who got baptised because I did not go to the convention. Now, make me a sammich." Hope this helps.
Posts by Sulla
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372012 District Convention: Talk re: DVD release
by blond-moment injust wondering if anyone has uploaded this talk anywhere?
i am assuming it is saturday inculcate god's word in little hearts?
i am really curious what the gb is telling folks to think about this thing.
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How many here smoke?
by cantleave ini don't and am very unlikely to after seeing my father dying of a smoking related lung disease (even though i would like to try a high quality cigar).. but i am curious to see how many people take up smoking after leaving the org.. .
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Sulla
Here's the secret about smoking: cigarettes are delicious! It is so good, it has to be taxed and outlawed. Marlboro Skyline, with just a hint of menthol, little nicotine buzz... good stuff.
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Breaking the law under the guise of religion / getting away with slavery
by wasblind inin the past i've compared the wts to slavery, but this book validates what i've come to know about this organization.. .
'cuz slavery ain't sweet, no matter how faithful and discreet.
jesus states: "....the truth will set you free.
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Sulla
mrsjones, you are welcome for "odious," I am happy to offer up useful adjectives whenever possible.
I wouldn't have a problem with this sort of use if it seemed simply a metaphor: captives, slaves, hostages, etc. It seems to me that the OP pushes the comparison much too far, such that the vastly more destructive system of chattel slavery is actually placed on a level with JW-ism. Let me be honest, ok? This sort of thing is really disturbing: you said, " Shunning may be less bloody than a whipping or a lynching..."
I mean, shunning is "less bloody" in the sense that there is no blood at all. A lynching is the sort of thing that ought never be compared to anything the JWs do. Here is a lynching, several actually:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching
I mean, fuck me. Look what they did! So yeah, JW-ism is bad and harmful and so on. And we can use somewhat over-wrought metaphors as we like. But let's not go too far.
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Sparlock Drives My Wife to the Brink of Apostasy
by breakfast of champions ini reported the other night that we sat down to watch the new video, and while my wife was smiling and laughing while watching the first part, she stiffened and became quiet during part two.
it disturbed her deeply:.
"this is ridiculous.
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Sulla
I confess I am genuinely surprised to find so many people reporting that real JWs have a problem with this. I thought for sure that this would be one of those things the XJWs get geeked up about but all those still inside don't even notice. Happy to be mistaken.
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Breaking the law under the guise of religion / getting away with slavery
by wasblind inin the past i've compared the wts to slavery, but this book validates what i've come to know about this organization.. .
'cuz slavery ain't sweet, no matter how faithful and discreet.
jesus states: "....the truth will set you free.
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Sulla
I'm sorry snowbird; you are telling us the Elders have hunted you down with dogs? They sold your child for cash?
This comparison is absurd. Worse, it is offensive. Sorry, but it is.
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Sparlock Drives My Wife to the Brink of Apostasy
by breakfast of champions ini reported the other night that we sat down to watch the new video, and while my wife was smiling and laughing while watching the first part, she stiffened and became quiet during part two.
it disturbed her deeply:.
"this is ridiculous.
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Sulla
Or perhaps, askduane, it really is weird for the GB to get cranky about a toy. Maybe kids use fantasy to begin to relate to reality and to develop their sense of wonder about what really is a wonderful world. Nobody can take seriously the idea that a little wizzard toy can lead a person to begin sacrificing chickens.
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Breaking the law under the guise of religion / getting away with slavery
by wasblind inin the past i've compared the wts to slavery, but this book validates what i've come to know about this organization.. .
'cuz slavery ain't sweet, no matter how faithful and discreet.
jesus states: "....the truth will set you free.
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Sulla
wasblind, you cannot be serious.
mrsjones, I think such a comparison, when taken seriously, distorts both the experience of slavery in the US and the experience of JWs. In the process, it does great violence to the crucial distinction: a JW can always simply decide to not be a JW. A slave would be killed. But, if I haven't given you reason to question your viewpoint, then your viewpoint cannot be changed. That doesn't make it less odious.
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Breaking the law under the guise of religion / getting away with slavery
by wasblind inin the past i've compared the wts to slavery, but this book validates what i've come to know about this organization.. .
'cuz slavery ain't sweet, no matter how faithful and discreet.
jesus states: "....the truth will set you free.
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Sulla
I'm all for a good hyperbole, mrsjones, but I think this goes much too far even for the boundaries of bad taste. West Africans were brought here literally in chains and were literally property. JW-ism, for all its faults, is still a voluntary organization. To end it, people merely need to exercise their will; we do not require the slaughter of 750,000 Americans to end it. "All the markings of slavery," with the JWs? Please, that's not even funny.
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Breaking the law under the guise of religion / getting away with slavery
by wasblind inin the past i've compared the wts to slavery, but this book validates what i've come to know about this organization.. .
'cuz slavery ain't sweet, no matter how faithful and discreet.
jesus states: "....the truth will set you free.
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Sulla
Forgive me, but I find this comparison of African chattel slavery and the experience of JWs to be offensive in the extreme.
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Why I Hate Religion
by Christ Alone ini know this is a few months old.
but i think it's profound to people that still think like the wt trained them to think.
even after coming out of the wt, they still feel that all christians believe that they alone have the true religion or denomination.
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Sulla
Don't think that was a common method of conversion, to be honest. And even if it was, you'd have to admit it was more efficient than knocking on doors.